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This is the Cambridge First Certifica te ín English for 5chools Listening Test.

SAMPLE TEST 2

t'm going ta give you tbe instrudions ior this test.

rn introáuce eoch oon cf the test ond .ail//? }/OU time. ro ¡oDkot theQuestions.

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Remember, while you're listening, write your answers on tbe questionpaper You'lJhove (ive minutes ot the end of the test to copy your onswersonio the separa te answer sheet.

There wil! now be a pause. Pleasc ask ony questions now, bocal/se youmust not speak duril1g the test.

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No» open yOW question cope: and look at Port One.

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You'lJbear peop!e tolking in eight different situations. For ouestions -¡ - 8,choose the best onswer (A, Bar o.Question 1

You hear cm art teochet taiking abou: fearning ro diow cartoons.PAUSE 8"

So many voung people sign up for my lessons to learn the art of

drawing cartoons. Regardless of experience, everyone íinds their

drawing technique imoroves in record time with my simple step-by-

step drawing lessons. hether it's your firs\ time learning how to

draw. or whether vou've got olenty of experience. vou'll appreciate

my method beca use I " ke it seem so straightforward - it's true! You

can iearn to draw carta ns without stress, though li e anything in life,

it's up te vou ij you wan te take it Iur ther - be ready to practise onyour own. You'll fino drr¡ing cartoons is one oí the most satisfying

things you can learn to 'o.

Question 2

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You hear a boy ta!king to '1 {riend obou: butterf!íes.

tv\: Our class ;5 doing butterfly survey. We're supposed to find outabout thern, learn heir narnes. and write down when we see

them

F: Wow, sounds quit interesting.

~v: Yeah. there are loa s around in surnrner WitJl all the fiowers out,

not just in the cou trvside, but even in the middie oí town they

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aren't hard to find. I've managed to learn what most 01 thern are. called. Some of the narnes in the book scund quite strange but

the tricky.bit's relating [he name to [he new one that's in tronl8 ~f you, before it flies away - you know, rnatching up lhe caloursand pattern5 with ¡he oicture in lhe book.

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Question3

You hear a bay talking about a long walk he did lo raise money far (haríty.

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I had a really exhausting weekend - went on a 10-kilornetre charity

walk! At least the sun was shining this time, unlike last year when itabsolutely poured down apoarentlv. That would've be en really nasty!

We stopped ior lunch on the way 50 there was no rush, My feet

s:¡1I hurt a bit when i'd linished - but it was worth it! Then someonefrom \he iocal newspaper carne to ask me IDads oí questions ...bu! I

would've preferred not lo have been the one in lhe spotlight I guess

1'11 get my picture published soon. l'd quite happily have given that bita miss, though, to be honest ..,

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Questian 4

)'ou hear a teocher taiking to her class.

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When you're meeting your friends and want io tell thern about

sornething you've experienceo, l'rn sure you'd te" ihem aí! about it inyour own words. and you certainly woudn't need to do any research.

50 far this c!ass presentation, l'd sav just pick the subject that youknow rnost about. That way, lar homework, you won't have to do very

rnuch. or even any background reading. You'll be surprised al how

much information you have stored in your memory, AII you rea!ly

need \0 do, is make an outline to make sure you cover al! the details,

th;;n practise what yau're going to say using that as yourguide... -PAUSE2"

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M: lt'd be really cool if I could, but I don't know ir l'rn really up to it.F: But it's for 11to 16-year-olds, so it should be your sort 01 thing,

don't you think?

M: 1\'5 more a ouestion 01 wnether l've got what it takes reaily,

F: But you know a rnassive arnount about cornputer garnes.

M: Frorn the point 01 view 01 a player .. yeah, absolutely .. but as a

t2. designer? .... That's a dífferent thing reallv. l'iI defirdely have ap closer look al (he competition rules though. '

F: l've printed thern off actually.

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Q(I€stion 6

You hear o ieocher talking about wtiting Q poe.n.

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In order to write a poem 01 your own Ior lhe school magazine, .you"eed to prepare yourself. I'd like your views on what might help you

- it might be taking it in turns to read a classic poem in tront 01 theclass each day before we start. or it could be looking al what's outt.here en ihe Internet. 1 suggest in:t;iJliy evervcne choosing sornething

trorn thís collecticn here. The stuff's all by people your own age,which shou!d help yOll find ti1;' freedorn to explore wnat 5 Importantt~"y.Ju. '1our poems should try and capture ¡;fe as It happens, withOuI

worrv'ng about whet others will sayo

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Yov ne--J! [~VC{riends to!kin obou: a book about G fQotbaUer.

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F Oid you like that bo k Ilent you? 1 thought the tootballer's Jife

story was inspiratio al.

M: Really? I thought I k ew everything about him from seeing him

on TV. I had no idea ,e'd had such a tough chiióhood.

F: tv~e neither. And he' really written from the heart. He's so

honest about everyt ing.

It'S certainly a good ead - but : don't think he wrote it himselí-hell have paid so me ody el se to do it.

Do you think 507 Oh what a let-down. i really felt like he wastalking lo me persa lly,

M: Welll'm sure the wr ter would've interviewed him, so it snould

be what he actual!y aid...

F;

c. Yeso rnust be.

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Questíon 8

You tea: part af a programme on the subject of anima/s,

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Chester Zoo is celebrating the arrival 01 a very special creature - arare onagsr foal. The male b¡¡by, who hasn't yet been named, wasborn to first-tirne mum Zarrin last week. Onagers are related [6

the dornestic donkey and are an Asiatic wild ass frorn semi-desert

regions in the Middle East. These creatures are now íound in just twoproteded areas and there are thought to be only about 400 left inexis!ence. Chester loo reports that the foal ;5 doing well. Check thezoo's website to keep up to date with how the zoo's coping with theproblems 01 dealing wit.h the newborn, ano to !earn what name's beenchosen for him.

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No,",v turn to Por: Iwo.

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You'lf hear a young mon colfed Sam Conti te/ling a group of students abouthis job as a specialist chocolate maker Far questions 9-78; complete thesentences with Q word or short phrase.

You 110W hG'/e 45 seconds lo ¡ook al Parl Two.

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Hi - my narne's Sarn Conti and my job is making and selling

chocolate. Later on, l'm going to show you some of my chocolate -

you might even gel a chanca to try 50 me - but first a bit about me.

People olten ask how I gol into this business. WeJl, my parents

wanted me to nave a steady job, and they suggested studying

something like Medicine at university, bscause they thought a job

in that area would pay well, or even Eeonomics, but at the time I

thought Law might open more doors. so that's what I did.

But lile doesn't always work out the way you plan it. After finishíng

my degree, I took time out and went travelling in South America,

where I ended up staying over ayear on a cocos plantation. I

discovered tnat growing high-quality cocea beans is a process that's

not al atl straightforward - in fact it's a very wmplex ¡?De 50 there's

far more to the making of chocolate than first meets the eye.

1 had no idea, for exarnple, how easily the coco a beans are aftected

by changes in weather and clirnare - rnuch more than other truit like

epples O( benenes. In fact. the beans are more like grapes really - so

eech year's erop is ot a different qua lit y,

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When I came horne. I decided to open a small shop making andselling my own chocolate - that was herd work lean tel! you, becauseso much can go wrong with chocolate. The hardest bit is melting it inprecisely the right way, but cooling it correctlv isn't easy either.

lo learn Ihe trade. I ser about testing al! the chocolate ¡ could íind.rhe ñrst thing 1do is break off a piece. 1want to hear '¡he snap'-;if itmakes that noise, it means it's good.

Then ' srnell lt just before popping it into my mouth.

1'11never forget the íírst chocolates ¡ sold in the shop - I gol such abuzz from it - and l've never lost that thr;:!. Another thing I ííke lo dois write up my experiments. I keep a diary for this. lt's the key lo mysuccess. One cav 1'11put it oli on a database, but I haven't had timeyet.

1make a range of chocolates. but what l'm airning for is a rich anorounded Iiavour witho~ bitterness. I want top quality but therernust be a richness, and only a limited sweetness - and, 01 course, acompletely new recipe 50 that I can be setting a new trend,

That takes lime, and trying out new ideas rneans tasttng a lo\! Tocounter the calories. I go swimming and do a lot 01 running. Bul eventhen chocolates erent tar trom my mind. I actually come up withmost 01 my strangest recipes when I'm driving - once í've gol an idea,I pick up samples and ingredients, and do the cooking myself.

i keep playing with ílavours until ! leei u's ready lo iry on Iriends.These sess.ons have produced sorne fantastic ideas, such as chilli-tlavoureo chocolate, whkn \Vas rnuch more successful than anyoneimagined. Bul l've also had my fair share of disasters, like chocolatei1avoured ",;th cheese, which nobody bought. I test recipes out on myfamily and thev're never shy about telling me whai thev really think,

Anl'way, I've got some chocolate here for you to try, bu! before wedo that I'd like lo show you a short video clip that shows me actuallvmaking the. slufí in my laboratory. Yes that's the name ! use lor theplace where Iwork, beca use it is quite scientific what ! do. But it'sa workshoo reellv, ol,d it's located in what used to be an old sweetfactory next to m)' hcuse - here it is ccrnmg UPon the screen now.[íade]

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Now you'li heor Pon Two again.

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tVow turn ro Port Ituee.

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You'!i hear iive snor: extrocts in which teenocets are to/hng obout theirhobbies. For questi0f15 79-23, cnoose irom the tis: (A-I-I) what eachspeaker likes mos! about their hobby, Use the lelters only once. There arethree extra lelters whlch you do !lor need te use.

You now nave 30 secoods to !ook at Par! Three.

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Speaker 7

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I have a hobby which is super lun and superbly unique. Unicycling,you know, a one-wheeled bike, lsn't as easy as it looks but you canlearn how to do it. You can either try leaming it from someone whoalready knows 110wto do it, which is what I did at lirst, or take acourse, What makes unicyclíng so coa! is that you can make upyour own tricks on il, like hopping and ¡umping! Now I go to classes€very week to rneke sure 1learn new rnoves and perfect them bygoing over them again and again. Sornetirnes I take part in unicyclingcompetitions too. They're good fun.

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Now everyone reckons that learning how to dance is a veryinteresting hobby, but at first. 1wasn't so sure. Dancing can be reallyfun to do as well as to watch, and so is good for everyone. Mind you.sorne tvpes of dancing can be quite challenging and dilfic:ult, andrequire a lot 01 dedication arid precisión. That's why Ilove my streetdance classes. T~ey're realiy aimed at people like me, who don't wantlo study every type 01 dance, bu! who'a just iike to enjoy themselves\-f ' and you make ¡riends tco. Maybe one day 1'11be good enough to entera dance competilion, but l'rn not counting on it.

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My dad's hobby is photography and he's passed this on to me, Hesays every hobby's got a practical and technical side and I mostlyagree, My view is that photography's actually an art, much morethan [ust pointing a camera and taking a photo. I ihink learning aboutphotography's a great hobby for me beca use we have an opportunityto put OLirpnotos in competitions too, and that's what makes il realiyworthwhiie. 1know it isn't as challengtng as it used to be, becausenow there are digital cameras and you can change things on yourcornputer, but it's sUII real!y exciting,

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Sirrglng is en arl and learning how to sing can be a good hobby. Thereare rnany ways to enjoy this hobby whether you practise on yourown, join a choir or just use a karaoke machine wilh your friends. I

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gel a rea, buzz lrom seeing lhe look on lhe;r laces when it's my tum,'to sing. I'm not creative enough to write my own songs. but I do

make sure that I pick the best ones available beca use it does make adifference. Sometimes I have singing c1assesand my !eacher says 1should go in for cornpetitions, but l'm not sure how my friends wouldreact to that idea!

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You'll be surprised but I would say cookíng's become a reaily coolhobby for me and my friends these davs. With all the new kinds of

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Int. So what's the hardest thing lo deal with?

innovations coming in the cooking field, more and more people aregetting interested in cooking deiicious tood for themselves as well astheir family. leven liked the idea of becorning a chef once. Now I go to

cookery classes whe.e we compete with each OIher to see who can

prepare tf]e best mealll do flnd some rCClpes demandmg, but thar's

the fun of it lo' me, like baking cupcakes, y I keep trying again andagain, 1'11 gel" belter and better.

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That's the end el Pcr: Three.

Now turn to Par! tour

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,(ou'" hect por: oi an interview with a successiu: young swinlmer coiied"Ielen Gibson. Fot questions 24- 30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

You now have one minute to look at Part Four.

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lnt: My guesl today is champion swimmer Helen Gibson. Helen,welcorne. Was swimming always your sport as a kid?

H; Weil, I come from a pretty sport y fami!y actuallv, and both rnyolder orothers were strong swirnrners. which put me off a bital hst beca use I never siood a chance oí bealing them. So, Iactually took up running - that was my Dad's sport and was

sornething I cculd share with hirn. He'd take me running along bythese cenals. ! was always a bit frightened oi taHing in. 50 he 2nd

m,Y1' ccnvinced me to have 50m2 swimming coaching to bu:lde up rl1)'confidence in the wate,f . .A.no 01 (curse, it wasn't long

before : gave up the runníng altogether.

Int So why did the swimming go so well?

People al the club ¡ ioined seid i was a natural swirnmer, bot ¡cidn't believe them till l started winning regional charnpicnships,

then national - then I was like. wow! I can do this. I'm pretty

focused general!y. things aren't worth doing if you're not

passionate about them - no! everybody has tha! drive. Ít's atough sport though, and ultimately it was down lo me, and of

course I was fortunate to have al! the facilities I needed nearby.

lnt: So what was your training schedule like in those early years?

Very intensive really - eve.ry spare rnorncnt when i wasn't atschool or doing hornework was givcn over to training, though

I never got bshind with the studies acLaHy For!unately I had

some arnazing coaches who planned fun workou\< - irs more

productive that way no I'rn gratefu: to theln for that.At thebeginning, I took tim out lo hang out with friends, but as i gotmore successtul, m~ routtne ruled thar out. out: was cool with

that because swirn ing had bccome rny life,

lnt: How do you teel be! re a big race?

H: (Irs what ¡'ve trained for, so I try to keep calrn. gel ready in good

time. I go and stand y lhe pool a couple oí events before my

H:

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{ race, with my hood up and my headphones on - music keeos mee 'grounded. I always do the same series 01 stretches because theysuit my bOdY, but I don't think about the olher swimmers in theevent, because I can'! inlluence what they do - it's all about my

own abihty,

lnt: So, now vou've turned proíesslonaí. What's that like?

H: Ilove being lit and challenging myseif as an athlele - now I've

¿, lél senoall can eoncentrate oro Ihat 100%. Of course, beingin the public eye has its downsides - like reading stulf about

yourself that's untrue - : can laugh it off, but sorne athletes find

it hard to deal with. I do gel to travet - some peooíe would lovethat, but actually living out of a suitcase isn't my idea of a good

time.

H: Getting injured isn't fun for anyone - l've been fortunate in

avoiding anything too serious, but : get the usual aches and

pains. You le el miserable, bu! you have to stay strcng. Notgetting results is also tough - 1talk regularlv with my sportspsychologist if thíngs aren't going welt, 50 that Jdon't startíeeling negative about things. But there's nothing wor~

competing in tront of a home crowd - their expectations are

so high. Once 1 gol really stressed outjust thinking who was

watching.A

Int: Any advice for kids listening, wno'd like to follow in yourfootsteps?

H: ir I say: 'lf you keep trying kids, you can be like me: that sounds

great. doesn't it? But it can't be true for everybody. l've matured2 lct recently, and see thíngs more clearlv. tve given uo any idea01 going to college and pursuing anoiher career for the momen!,but that's my decision .. rrn not saving it's the onlv way. Infact whar I would say is, ít's important to learn from your own r o:successes and faiJures, because onJy you know wnat ycu're realiy f;;.Jcaoable of.____ .J

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Now you'fI beor Pott tour again.

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That's the end of Part Four.

There will now be a pause of five rninutes [or you·to copy your answersonto the separate onswer sheet. Be sure to follow the numbering of 011 ¡hequestions. 1'11 remind you when there is one minute tei: so that you're sureto finish in time.

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Thot's the end oi the test. Pteose stop now, Your supervisor wili now coueaal! tbe question papers and answer sneets.